gosh, those are way prettier and more textured than the ones you find in the stores...thanks for sharing your techniques...it helps to know how you make them so lovely and professional looking...and yet charmingly handmade as well...nice!!

Oh, they are so great! Would it be crazy to make some now, for next year? I never get around to make cards etc. in the busy time before Christmas? The jewellery-holder are clever, too - and, as Bookstorebabe said, they could easily be prettied up with some nice paper.

Challenge #4: Holiday Leftovers - Do you have holiday cards? Cans, bottles or bottle caps? Empty wrapping paper tubes? Mailing boxes that won't make it another year but are still good for something? Then you're in luck! Challenge #4 is how to use leftovers from 2013 to make something brand spankin' new for 2014!

I saw a lot of handbags and shopping bags in Costa Rica that were crocheted out of plastic bags, and they were always really pretty. As much as I dislike the plastic bags at grocery stores and the waste they produce, couldn't they at least be prettier colors than gray and beige?

Joining in. I have been doing nothing but sewing and embroidering lately and I feel the need to branch out. Not having to buy supplies is a plus too! I'm planing some gift tages for next year out of this year's cards, not sure what else though...